Based on the novel by Mark Helprin Winter’s Tale is a movie set in a fantasy New York city where one burglar finds true love. Colin Farrell plays Peter Lake who once during the robbery of a mansion meets the young owner played by Jessica Brown Findlay. As he falls in love with her finds out that she is dying and he sets on a journey that will take him through time in order to save her.
Also starring in Winter’s Tale are Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly. The movie is the directorial debut by Akiva Goldsman who also wrote the screenplay.